Le Bourget

Le Bourget is a commune in the northeastern suburbs of Paris, France. It is located 10.6km from the center of Paris.The commune features Le Bourget Airport, which in turn hosts the Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace (France's national Air and Space Museum). A very small part of Le Bourget Airport lies on the territory of the commune of Le Bourget, which nonetheless gave its name to the airport. Most of the airport lies on the territory of the communes of Dugny, Bonneuil-en-France, and Gonesse. The Bureau d'Enquêtes et d'Analyses pour la Sécurité de l'Aviation civile is also headquartered on the airport grounds and in Le Bourget proper.International relationsLe Bourget has been twinned with Amityville, New York since 1979 and Zhukovsky in Russia.TransportRailLe Bourget is served by Le Bourget station on Paris RER line B. There is also an extensive freight rail yard with international traffic to Belgium, among others. Progressively, Le Bourget is planned to one of the principal transportation hub in the Paris North suburb : The Tangentielle Nord is an express tramway planned to enter in service in 2014, and two train stations are planned in the long term as part of the Grand Paris project with the future line 16 and 17.